Does the Mazda RX-8 fail the MOT on road wheels more than it should?
The Mazda RX-8 records 0.78 road wheels failure items per 100 initial MOT tests (2019–2024), against 0.64 expected for a car of the same age mix: about as expected for its class and age (the difference is within its interval or under 0.5 items per 100 tests) (+0.14, 95% interval +0.02 to +0.27). It ranks 107 of 516 models on road wheels (1 = most failures above expected).
Data release dvsa-2024-v2 (24 Sep 2026) · page updated 30 Sep 2026 · all models on road wheels · check a Mazda RX-8 by registration
What exactly fails on road wheels?
The most frequent DVSA defect wording in this group on the Mazda RX-8 is “A wheel with a loose or missing wheel nut, bolt or stud”, recorded 121 times in 2019–2024.
| DVSA defect wording | Items | Per 100 tests |
|---|---|---|
| A wheel with a loose or missing wheel nut, bolt or stud | 121 | 0.62 |
Source: DVSA MOT bulk data (OGL v3.0) · Window: 2019–2024 · n = 19,422 (initial tests) · Method: failure items (major and minor) grouped by DVSA's defect tree; wordings with 30+ items · Updated: 30 Sep 2026 · Release: dvsa-2024-v2 · CSV
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